Bride Price Valuable

84-2-25

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arapesh
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Basketry | Shell | Feather
Description

Basketry ornament, attached to a large piece of Green Snal shell. Basketry ornament consists of a coiled round part with tubular protrusions, surmounted by a coiled ring decorated with black cassowary and small brown feathers. Three radiating supports bracing ring, which is detached on one side. Red and white pigment. Base attached with peel to large piece of Green Snal shell, with hole through tip.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 260 - Other Number

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